North Carolina State University, Athletics, Women's Basketball Audiovisual Materials 1974-1997, 2000-2013

Since their beginning in 1974, the NC State women's basketball team has been to the Sweet 16 forteen times and to the Final Four once, in 1998. Kay Yow coached the team for 34 years. Under her leadership, they went to the NCAA tournament 20 times and won four ACC tournaments.

The Women's Basketball team played their first game against Virginia at Reynolds Coliseum, with Coach “Peanut” Doak leading the Wolfpack to a 57-45 victory over the Cavaliers on December 7th, 1974. In 1975 Kay Yow was hired, and coached her first winning game, against College of Charleston on January 10th, 1976. On January 27, 1976 the Wolfpack played against the Tarheels in the first televised women’s basketball game in the state of North Carolina, ending with its first-ever victory over the Tar Heels, 68-58. On February 11th, 1978 The NC State Women's Basketball team participated in the first-ever Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Basketball tournament as the top seed. NC State lost in the championship game to Maryland. On February 10, 1980 NC State won its first ACC Tournament Championship with 85-75 victory over Maryland on the Terrapins’ home court at Cole Field House. The Wolfpack women played their first NCAA Tournament game, defeating Northwestern, 75-71, in Reynolds Coliseum on March 13, 1982. On December 8, 1990 The Pack set an ACC record that still stands today for most points scored in a game with a 137-65 victory at Western Carolina. In March of 1998 the Women's Basketball team reached the Final Four in the NCAA tournament.

The North Carolina State University, Athletics, Women's Basketball Audiovisual Materials collection contains primarily moving image recordings of North Carolina State University Women's Baketball games. These recordings were captured by the Department of Athletics for coaching and review purposes. Also included in this collection are recordings of team practices, recruiting films, highlight reels, and the Kay Yow Show. Materials range in date from 1974 to 2013, and some recordings are undated.

Recordings are arranged chronologically by season, and alphabetically within each season by opponent. Some seasons have general footage (not from a specific game or opponent); these recordings can be found listed after all of the game footage from that season. Recordings that could not be identified by date or opponent are found at the end of the list followed by unprocessed materials.

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Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Unless noted, digital media are not available online. Copies of unrestricted digital files will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access will be provided to use copies of unrestricted digital files rather than carrier media, such as CDs, DVDs, and floppy disks. Some or all electronic files may be unavailable or restricted due to privacy reasons, agreement with the donor, or because files cannot be retrieved from original media.

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This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.

[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, Athletics, Women's Basketball Audiovisual Materials, UA 015.403, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Transferred from North Carolina State University, Athletics.

Processed by Jennifer Baker, 2013 August; Finding aid written by Jennifer Baker, 2013 July; Updated Michael Edwards, 2014 March